I picked up "Sam's Teach Yourself Linux in 24 hours Second Edition" and "Unix for Dummies" at the local library yesterday. Are these good books for learning the basics?

November 8th, 2001, 02:24 PM

Agent Johnson

good unix sources...

The Sams books are generally pretty good, they have lots of examples so you get some hands on experience, adn they explain things pretty well. The for dummies books are really only good for the basics. I generally don't like them, but since you got it from the library and it didn't cost you anything, no big deal.

For more in depth material, consider getting a textbook from your local community college bookstore, or even taking some classes.

Also, there's tons of online tutorials and places like lonestar.org where you can get a free unix shell and just hack around learning unix commands and features and stuff.

Agent Johnson

November 8th, 2001, 03:05 PM

pwaring

Linux Bible is an excellent resource that I found useful when I started using Linux.

November 8th, 2001, 04:20 PM

cF_nM

I despise all dummies and the Teach Yourself series....I'm currently reading Using Red Hat Linux Special Edition (for 6.2) and I'm finding it quite good..............

November 9th, 2001, 05:50 PM

casper3699

Maximum Linux Security is a great resource it has over 1000 pages about securing linux

November 9th, 2001, 08:11 PM

pwaring

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Originally posted by casper3699 Maximum Linux Security is a great resource it has over 1000 pages about securing linux

Yeah, but this guy's looking for a beginner's book. ;)

November 9th, 2001, 09:07 PM

MrLinus

Well, one book you should definately have Unix in a Nutshell by O'Reilly (the BEST unix command book around). Other ones I'd recommend: